Analysis of Mis-Praise
He beat the keys,
disfiguring the music.
Concentrating on perfecting
our torture,
he strained, as his fingers
tripped and stumbled over
their victims.
When he finished,
he breathed in a great breath,
reveling in his massacre.
And they applauded louder
than if Beethoven had been their executioner.
| Scheme | XXXAXAX XXA AA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 0100010 1001010 1010 111110 101010 110 1110 110011 10001100 0101010 111001110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 286 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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